International

The MU International Office is the first point of contact for international students applying for full-degree, Erasmus, Study Abroad, and Summer School programmes, and supports MU students who wish to study abroad.

The Young University Rankings are based on a range of criteria, including number and quality of scholarly papers and citations, research income achieved, reputation for research and teaching, number of PhDs awarded, and number of international staff and students.

Earlier this year, Maynooth University also was listed amongst the Top 200 institutions worldwide in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for two of its departments: English and Geography, both of which ranked in the 151-200 range.

Maynooth University President, Professor Philip Nolan, commented: “It has been just over 20 years since Maynooth University was established as an independent institution, and to be ranked amongst the Top 100 Young Universities, as well as having two of our departments make it to the Top 200 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, is a real endorsement of the hard work, research impact, and exceptional teaching of our staff.”

Commenting on Maynooth University’s ranking, Phil Baty, Times Higher Education World University Rankings Editor, said: “Congratulations to Maynooth University for making the top 100 in the 2018 list of the world’s leading young universities.”

“The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings use the same exacting and tough 13 performance indicators as the traditional THE World University Rankings, covering teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook, so being in the world top 100 is an exceptional achievement.”

Tracing its origins to the foundation of the Royal College of St Patrick in 1795, Maynooth University was formally established as an autonomous university in 1997. Maynooth is one of Ireland’s fastest growing university with more than 12,000 students, including almost 1,600 taught postgraduate and professional students and over 400 research students.